SCHOLARSHIPS Grosse Pointe Youth Nautical Education Foundation 2019 Annual Report 2019 Grosse Pointe Youth Nautical Education Foundation Annual Report | 1 A Grosse Pointe Yacht Club Foundation BOARD OF DIRECTORS Board members serve terms as defined by the by-laws of the Foundation. J. James Morrow, President Mark R. Weber, PhD, Secretary James A. Anderson, Vice President Wallace E. Cross, Outside Director Jeffrey R. Laethem, Director J. Theodore Everingham, Director Sean M. Schotthoefer, Director Brian J. Geraghty, Director Ilja J. Vreeken, Director Michael. D. Murray, Financial Sloane R. Barbour, Treasurer Advisor and Audit — Polk & Associates PERPETUAL SCHOLARSHIP DONORS SCHOLARSHIP DONORS n Commodore James and n W. W. Williams n Commodore Gary and Patricia Anderson (2012) Company (2015) Christine Gonzalez n Commodore John and n Edwin and Felicia Shaw (2016) n DRYA — Detroit River Marlene Boll (2012) n Commodore Tymon C. and Yachting Association n Manuel and Sheri Totte (2016) n Mr. Glenn Sheets and Nora Moroun (2013) n Commodore Sean and Ms. Patricia B. OKelly n Benno Steinborn (2014) Dr. Kristen Schotthoefer n Vice Commodore Jason Groebel (2017) n Commodore J. James and n Commodore Ilja and Sandra Morrow (2014) Kelley Vreeken (2018) 2019 GPYNEF SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS NAME HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE Caroline Breen Grosse Pointe South High School Michigan State University John Bull West Bloomfield High School Michigan State University Henry Combs University Liggett School Williams College Dominique Delano DeLano-International Wayne State University Wyatt Dennis Grosse Pointe South High School University of Michigan Isabel Dziuba West Bloomfield High School University of Michigan John Garrett Wylie E. Groves High School Bowling Green State University Joseph Haney Grosse Pointe North High School Michigan State University Nicole Millerman West Bloomfield High School Michigan State University Theodore Prokop Grosse Pointe North High School Michigan State University Christiana Scheibner Grosse Pointe South High School University of Michigan Ethan James Taylor Freemon Ross High School University of Toledo Emma Turner Grosse Pointe South High School Marquette University Audrey Whitaker Grosse Pointe South High School Grand Valley State University 2 | THE YEAR 2019 AND THE YEAR AHEAD Despite setbacks over the past year, Grosse 2020: A LOOK AHEAD Pointe Youth Nautical Education Foundation (GPYNEF) successfully achieved its objectives for In 2020, GPYNEF plans to continue its successful 2019. Tax law changes and the loss of a major sponsor scholarship program, awarding the milestone 100th challenged us with a lower than expected revenue, scholarship since inception. GPYNEF will sponsor but we nonetheless funded critical programs and a 420 North American Championship July 13–17 made scholarship awards. In 2019, we awarded 14 hosted by the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club. We will scholarships—bringing our total scholarship number continue to sponsor both high school and collegiate to 86. Additionally, we sponsored six high school regattas, and we look forward to supporting new regattas and supported several individual programs high school programs as other communities form that were competing on a national scale. We also their first sailing teams. Challenge the Wind will continued our tradition of direct support to Grosse remain a major project, and we will work to find Pointe North and Grosse Pointe South high schools. the program a home that will remain dry and allow We are proud of their accomplishments at both the the venture to keep growing. state and national levels. Finally, we are planning a total revamp of Additionally, this year we were a major sponsor our Annual Fundraiser. Scheduled for May 15, for the United States Optimist Dinghy Association 2020, the Spring Launch Party, Keels ‘n’ Wheels, (USODA) Opti National Championship, which will completely change our previous party format, drew about 300 young sailors from the USA and offering fresh venues and displays. New sponsors from as far away as Singapore, Russia, and South such as the Gilmore Auto Museum and Victory America. The 9-day event at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Cruise Lines will provide some of these great venues. Club(GPYC) was a great success, and our local sailors Over the past year, the GPYNEF has worked learned a great deal from this unique opportunity hard to further its mission of promoting national to sail with international sailors and even some and international sailing, maritime education, future Olympians. competition and water safety. 2019 saw a great influx of youth learning to sail, a promising tell for We were pleased to see the Challenge the Wind the future of the sport. We appreciate the generous (CTW) program continue on its upward trajectory donations that support the GPYNEF programs and with over 40 inner-city youth participants and a look forward to a prosperous 2020. significant waiting list for that many more to join the program. High water was a major issue for the CTW team; the site of the program, the Belle Isle Boat House, was flooded for most of the summer. The New Sponsors for 2020 flooding created both safety and time constraints. GPYNEF continues to work with CTW to seek a location that will remain high and dry as we all fight the high water problems. 2019 Grosse Pointe Youth Nautical Education Foundation Annual Report | 3 SCHOLARSHIPS GPYNEF: BROAD REACH The Grosse Pointe Youth Nautical Education Foundation continues to attract top-notch applicants with outstanding college admissions scores, a dedication to the sport of sailing and essays that offer wisdom and practical ideas that contribute to the growth of sailing. In 2019, fourteen GPYNEF applicants were awarded a $1,500 college scholarship. Since its inception in 2012, there has been a total of 86 GPYNEF scholarships awarded. Ten of those scholarships have been funded in perpetuity. Scholarship eligibility includes a summary of sailing experience in the Detroit Regional Yacht- Racing Association Club programs, high school or college freshman sailing programs, high school transcript, college entrance exam score and two personal essays. 2019 Scholarship recipients were awarded at a special brunch on Sunday, May 17, 2019. 2020 GPYNEF Scholarship Application may be found at www.gpynef.org/scholarships. Application Deadline: Grosse Pointe Yacht Club by April 2, 2020. Left: During the Scholarship Brunch, Graham C. Korneffel accepts a trophy from GPYNEF President Jim Morrow for his work on the docks for Challenge The Wind. Page 5, left to right: Sean Schotthoefer, son Sean and Dr Kristen Schotthoefer accepting a special “thank you” from GPYNEF President Jim Morrow for his work on the GPYNEF fundraiser, Summer Breeze Auction, acquisitions committee. 4 | 2019 Grosse Pointe Youth Nautical Education Foundation Annual Report SCHOLARSHIPS “ I am very Grateful for all of the GPYNEF’s help in getting me to regatta’s as well as the amazing scholarship. I love sailing and with their help I get to continue sailing on the Marquette sailing team!” — Emma Turner Above: 2019 GPYNEF Scholarship Recipients. Front row, left to right: Caroline Breen, Christiana Scheibner, Emma Turner, Audrey Whittaker, Isabel Dziuba, Nicole Millerman and Dominique Delano Back row, left to right: Wyatt Dennis, John Bull, Henry Combs, Ethan James Taylor, John Garrett and Theodore Prokop. Not pictured: Joseph Haney. | 5 COMMUNITY GPYNEF AND CHALLENGE THE WIND HIGH WATER CREATES CHALLENGES The high water levels in 2019 presented unique challenges to the Challenge the Wind program. The GPYNEF continues to work closely with the Challenge the Wind (CTW) program to The Belle Isle Boat House (formerly Detroit Boat provide sailing opportunities to inner-city youth Club), the current location of CTW, was flooded by developing facilities and programs. and parts of the facility were unusable. Due to this, This year GPYNEF donated two 420 sailboats, the program’s growth was restricted. Planning is enabling the CTW team to serve a wider group of ongoing to determine how to best remediate this youth. With the addition of these 420s, CTW now situation and how to provide dry areas. has twelve Opti’s, four 420’s and several Flying Scotts for a total of 26 sailboats. The program, now in year six, began with two boats, two instructors, and eight young participants, is now in year six. This summer the program was filled to capacity with 40 participants. The popularity of the program continues to grow, and CTW presently has a waiting list of 40 additional children who would like to join. 6 | 2019 Grosse Pointe Youth Nautical Education Foundation Annual Report COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TO THE RESCUE Over the years, many volunteers have stepped up to work with Challenge the Wind to give the program its best chance of success. This year, we would like to recognize two GPYNEF and GPYC partners that provided noteworthy assistance. We would like to give a special thanks to each of these supporters. E. G. Korneffel Co. E.G. Korneffel Co. donated equipment and time to remove damaged docks that were a safety hazard at the Belle Isle Boat House. These docks had been destroyed by time, ice, and neglect. They presented a significant safety hazard to the CTW youth who were operating in the area. The effort by the Korneffel team was greatly appreciated by the sailors and rowers. Tom Raguso of Sun Sport Marine The second partner was Tom Raguso from Sun Sport Marine. Earlier in the year, the CTW staff was having difficulty keeping their 20-year- old chase boat running. We asked Tom if he could assist with the boat’s Yamaha engine, and he went above and beyond. During the winter months, he repowered the boat with a new engine and controls then donated it to the CTW program. Tom’s work was crucial to the success of the summer program as the high water levels required constant use of the power boat. Top and Middle: The help from E.G.